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Ingredients in the Back Yard

04-02-2010, 04:46 AM

Otherwise known as a garden.

It's almost spring planting time here. I didn't plant any early spring veggies but I can't wait until I can poke tomatoes into a container (I'm experimenting with gallon size plastic bottles as a homemade version of Topsy Turvy TM). This weekend I'm hoping to plant blackberries - I love blackberries!

So, what's up in your gardens?

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot

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I hope to get tomatoes going that'll really produce this year. Basil is a no brainer, but tomatoes.. I think the May June July weather, what we call "June Gloom" locally, keeps the soil temps a bit on the low side and the moisture of this foggy weather along the coast is perfect for mold.. I started a thread in the local section to see what others in my area have real sucess with.

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It's almost spring planting time here. I didn't plant any early spring veggies but I can't wait until I can poke tomatoes into a container (I'm experimenting with gallon size plastic bottles as a homemade version of Topsy Turvy TM). This weekend I'm hoping to plant blackberries - I love blackberries!

So, what's up in your gardens?

How did the topsy turvy experiment turn out?

Ours made plants but no zucchini, and a few small tomatoes. Not doing that again...

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Pretty much the same here. Hard as heck to keep watered, too. To be fair, I had a cutworm attack so they didn't have a great shot but the plants never looked as good as the ones grown normally. I may try a variation with strawberries but no more upside down planting for me, wither.

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot